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Mexican Currency Rises Before Fed Comments Bond Yields Decline
Mexico 's peso climbed for the first time in four days as bonds rallied before comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on record monetary stimulus. The peso rose 0.2 percent to 12.8649 per U.S. dollar at 10:31 a.m. in Mexico City. The increase was the currency's first on a closing basis since June 13. Yields on peso bonds due in 2024 fell three basis points, or ...
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Tropical Depression Flooding Risk Continues for Mexico
AccuWeather.com reports a slow-moving tropical depression will continue to bring torrential rainfall and the risk of flooding to parts of southeastern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala into midweek. Because the system's forward speed has slowed and much of its circulation was over land, it could unravel. The system is forecast to track near the coast of the Mexico states of Tabasco and ...
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Mexico volcano spews ash two miles high
No evacuations are currently planned for residents around a volcano in Mexico that has been sending plumes of ash miles high. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...
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US Marine relatives kidnapped in Mexico
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News The FBI has appealed for help in finding Armando Torres III, a U.S. Marine who was kidnapped in Mexico along with his father and ...
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Mexicos Pemex Evacuates Offices after Threat
MEXICO CITY - A threat received by Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos on Tuesay was a false alarm, it said. It had earlier evacuated its Mexico City headquarters. Following an inspection of the offices Pemex said the threat was a false alarm. A spokesman didn't give any details. The company activated a "security protocol" after receiving the threat, Pemex said on ...
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Nutrient Pollution Could Cause Record-Setting Dead Zone In Gulf Of Mexico
NOAA -supported forecast models. Those same models predict a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay. A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium used the NOAA-supported models to forecast that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic "dead zone'; will be between ...
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Carlsbad students project helps village in Mexico
CARLSBAD -; Pacific Ridge School senior Akash Patel is working on turning an abandoned school bus into a library and community center for an elementary school in San Ignacio, a fishing village in ...
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Brazils Scolari focusing on Mexico clash – video
Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says he thinks Mexico will want to prove they are a better team than Brazil when they meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. He refrains from commenting when asked about recent protests in Brazil, timed to coincide with the Confederations Cup and partly prompted by the rising cost of hosting the World ...
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Cat stands for election in Mexican city
It started as a joke between friends, but Morris the cat's bid to become mayor of the Mexican city of Jalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz, has now turned into a social media phenomenon with a serious message about political disenchantment."Morris has become an expression of how fed up people are with all the parties and a political system that does not represent us," said ...
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TD 2 Takes Aim At Mexican Coast
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for a portion of southern Mexico as Tropical Depression #2 inches closer to the ...
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Most Wanted alleged child rapist nabbed in Mexico
By Isela Serrano and Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters CANCUN, Mexico -- Mexican authorities arrested a former University of Southern California professor who faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines on Tuesday, just hours after ...
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Ex-USC professor on FBI most-wanted list captured in Mexico
A former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list for alleged sex crimes involving children was caught in Mexico, the FBI said. Bill Lewis, FBI assistant director in charge, said 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday by Mexican authorities, The Los Angeles Times reported. The FBI said authorities have identified at least 10 of the alleged ...
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Midwest rains cause Gulf of Mexico problems
U.S. scientists said heavy spring rains in the Midwest could lead to one of the largest so-called dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico this year. ...
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Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security
Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Mexico to launch Centenario satellite by mid-2014
Mexico plans to launch a new satellite designed to provide communications services to unserved rural and remote areas in the first half of 2014, BNamericas reports. It is understood that the satellite, which will be known as 'Centenario', is being constructed by Boeing and will operate using the L band (1500MHz-1600MHz) with a lifespan of 15 years. Centenario will have two control ...
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RPT-Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:00am EDT By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed. The virus now has spread to 13 states - with more than 100 positive cases to date - since it was first diagnosed in the United States last ...
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Exclusive Cuba to make professional boxing debut in Mexico City
June 19 - Cuban boxers will make their professional debut in a special World Series of Boxing (WSB) exhibition match in Mexico City in August, it has been revealed. The Cubans will take on the Mexico Guerreros in a match over ten weight categories on August 30 and 31 following a visit to to the Mexican capital by C K Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Professional ...
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Mexican food exports to China to reach $1b minister
Mexico would export food valued at least $1 billion to China over the next 12 to 18 months, Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said Tuesday.Martinez spoke of his recent visit to China at a press conference, with motives to follow the agreements signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Mexico earlier this month.Martinez said it was difficult to specify the numbers and targets ...
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One of FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives arrested in Mexico
A former US university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Mosted Wanted Fugitives list has been arrested, local authorities said Tuesday. Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state prosecutor, said Walter Lee Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a resort city south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast. Williams, 64, is accused in a US federal indictment of sexually ...
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Tropical Depression Two moving over southern Bay of Campeche NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Depression Two that formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea was moving over the southern Bay of Campeche, home to key Mexican oil operations, U.S. government forecasters said early Wednesday. The depression was located ...
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Most Wanted US Fugitive Arrested in Mexico
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Escape valves in the Mexican elections
In his day, Cantinflas symbolized people’s criticism of politicians. His personality represented the average person, ignorant but honest. Faced with the dishonest ignorance of politicians, the protest movement identified an honest comedian as the best option. Just recall the beginning of his speech in the movie If I were a congressman: "I’m here because I don’t belong to ...
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Azerbaijani envoy to Mexico visits Ireli Youth Centre
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Muxtarov and member of the Guatemalan Parliament Jose Ines Castillo have visited Ireli Public Union. Welcoming the guests, Ireli Chairman Rauf Mardiyev, Secretary General Narmin Mammadova and Chairman of the Supervision Commission Khagani Farajov provided detailed information about the activities and projects of the organization. Then, the guests ...
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Mexican steelmaker AHMSA eyes shale gas opening
- Mexico's top steelmaker is hoping to tap the country's ample shale gas reserves if an energy sector overhaul expected this year provides an opening, a senior executive with the company, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA), said on ...
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FBI fugitive arrested in Mexican resort
Walter Lee Williams, a former university professor seen here in a 2011 handout photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has become the 500th person to be named to the Ten Most Wanted list, according to an FBI statement. (REUTERS/FBI/Handout via Reuters) CANCUN – Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the ...
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San Diego home to important wildlife refuge and treatment group
San Diego is home to an important wildlife group helping to balance the disorder created through the city’s rapid growth over the last few years in a part of the country that previously belonged to the wild, but it needs the constant help of the public.
San Diego is a major city, the eighth biggest in the US and second largest in California and the County Seat of San Diego County. Its economy is supported by several major industries such as defense, manufacturing, real estate and tourism and yet the 1.3 million people who live here share their city with a number of species of wildlife that have been displaced, endangered and disrupted in various ways by the ongoing growth and development in the city. Read more
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